THATCHER, Samuel, a Representative from Massachusetts;
born in Cambridge, Mass., July 1, 1776;
was graduated from Harvard University in 1793;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1797 and commenced practice in New Gloucester, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts);
moved to Warren in 1800;
member of the Massachusetts house of representatives 1801-1811;
was elected as a Federalist to the Seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Silas Lee;
reelected to the Eighth Congress and served from December 6, 1802, to March 3, 1805;
was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1804 to the Ninth Congress;
sheriff of Lincoln County, Maine, 1814-1821;
member of the Maine house of representatives in 1824;
moved to Bangor, Maine, in 1860, and died there July 18, 1872;
interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.